High prevalence of small species in canines of Kerala, South India.

Aim: Canine babesiosis is an important vector-borne hemoparasitic disease caused by and , in India. The communication places on record the salient findings of the study directed to detect and characterize the pathogenic isolates of Kerala state.

Materials And Methods: A total of 150 dogs were examined for the presence of hemoparasites by light microscopy as well as by PCR targeting the 18S rRNA gene of .

Occurrence of fatal syngamosis in emu birds of Kerala.

Two male and two female emu birds of 8 months to 1 year old reared in a private farm were brought dead to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode for postmortem examination during the period from July to September, 2010. The birds were emaciated and drooling of blood from the mouth was observed for 2 days prior to death. Postmortem examination of the dead birds revealed occurrence of large numbers of red coloured worms throughout trachea with histopathological changes.